The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-30

GALVESTON, Oct. 29.-Cotton quiet; middling
&C; net receipts 1915 bales, gross 1876; sales
! $50 bales; stock 1S04 bales.
NORFOLK, Oct. a9.-Cotton quiet; middling
S5-luc; net receipts 1856 bales, gross $500;
sales p ~ bales; stock corrected 81 039 bales;
exports coastwiSe 536 bales,
| BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.-Cotton quiet but steady;
middlng 9I9c; net receipts 49, bales, gross 1901;
sales none; stock g. 259 bales; sales to spinners
161 bales.
BosToS, Oct 29.-Cotton quiet; middling
9Sc; net receipts 2i9 bales gross $780, sales
none; stock none.
| WILMINGTON, Oct 29.-Cotton quiet; middling
3l6c; net receipts 1894 bales, gross l,294;
sales none; stock q ,901 bales; exports, to Great
Britain Z, 20S bales.
! PHILADELPHIA Oct 29.-Cotton firm middling
9s4c; net receipts rs bales, gross 2s; stock
| 6,b47 bales.
| NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 29.-Cotton quiet but
steady; quotations revised; middling lice;
net receipts 10,11S bales, gross 1926; sales
| 5000; stock ,0S5 bales; exports, to France
| 5,6l1 bales, 10 the continent 1l,7l2, coastwise
| 2,74S.
MOBILE, Oct 29.-Cotton dull: middling &c;
net receipts 1914 bales, gross 1854; sales 1850
bales; stock 1885 bales; exports coastwise
| ISL bales.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 29.--Cotton steady; middling
| 0 l-l6c; receipts G,034 bales; shipments 500;
sales 4,450; stock 100.145 bales.
| AUGUSTA, Oct 2a.-Cotton dun; middling &c;
| receipts ,591 bales; sales 1S9 bales
| CHARLESTON, Oct. 2l.-Cotton, sellers holding
| higher middling Sc; net receipts 1919 bales,
gross $3.50; sales 1885, stock 53,5SS bales; ex-
| ports, coastwisa ,499 bales.
NEW YORK Oct. S9.--ConSolidated net receipts
for all cotton ports to-day 40,30l bales exports,
! TO Great Britain POS bales, to the continent
| l1,7l2 to France 561l; stock at all American
| ports CPS, 1856 bales.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is =, .39, g41 bales, of which l,1lS37 bales
are American, against lS63,349 and l,4S6 Oi9
! bales, respectively, last year. Receipts at all
| interior towns for the week l92,0lS bales, Re-
| ceipts from plantations 1888 bales. Crop in
| signt, ZOOS, $50 bales.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES,. ETC.
LIVERPOOL, Oct 20, noOn.-Wheat firm, with
| fair demand; holders offer sparmgy Corn
quiet but steady; demand fair. Beef, extra India
mess Cos Sd. Pork, prime mess rs I'd Lard,
| prime Western BIS.
NEW York. Oct. 90 noon.-Flour quiet but
| firm. Wheat quiet Corn easier. PORK steady
| mess $l4 006l14 80 Lard firm at So 80. Old mess
pork steady at S13 506013 70 Freights steady.
| 500 p. m.-SoutheIn flour quiet but steadily
| held. Wheat-optiOns less active and very
irregular, October and November &c higher,
| spot a shade lower and dull; No. red, October
delivery S395@S3 l1-l6c, November S31sG S394c,
| December "a 7-l60S434c. Corn-cash less active
| out steady; options 1SG1}4c lower ana only
| moderately active; No. p october delivery 52$4c,
| November 525S@ J1}6c. Oats shade lower and
| less active options 1SQ4Ac lower ana only
moderately active; No :, October delivery 33Ssc
| November 313c; mixed Western 321aO3ic
| Hops steady. Coffee, fair Rio, on spot dull
| 1850 options stronger ana fairly active; No.
| Rio, October delivery Is 75c, November Is 5OG
| Is CSC, December 10 400 10 G5c. Sugar firm but
quiet; fair refining l1-16c; refined closed
| quiet Molasses closed quiet and unchanged
Cotton seed oil, 35c for crude, 43c for refined
| Hides firm but quiet. WOOL quiet ana easy
| Pork dull and more or less nominal; mess S14 VI
| m14 so for new SI3 so for old. Beef dull
Beef hams steady. Tierced beef dull Cut meats
steady. Middles dull and nominal. Lard 40t
| points lower but heavy; Western steam on spot
So 80, November delivery S. 64N661 December
ST 57@6 81; city steam So 70; refined w.
| F'reights steady.
CHICAGO, Oct 29.-There was less activity at
| the opening on Change to-day than for Few
days past and the general tendency for grain
| and provisions was downward. About the only
| feature in the wheat pit the promiscuous
crowd, and purchasing by several large opera
tors. December wheat, which opened at 1916
under this influence, eased off to $3.50 7314c
closing figures. Receipts at twelve primary
| points aggregated 737 800 bushels, and ship
ments 301, 800 bushels Corn was fairly active
at times with the feeling weaker. The market
! opened at yesterdays closing prices, declined
| with slight changes 4016c, near futures show
ing greater weakness, changed some, and CLOSED
| L6c lower for near futures, and Ac lower fol
| May than yesterdays closing prices. The weak
| ness was due mainly to free offerings by one oil
| two prominent operators, while, with an alb
| sence of outside buying orders, the market
ruled weak. There was considerable changing
of near futures to May. Shipping demands were
| less urgent, ana prices lOf CaSn were 12Ql@9St
lower May closed at 4518c. Oats were steady
and fair business was transacted. Prices
changed but slightly from Yesterdays range
| Provisiods opened strong III sympathy with the
hog market, and yesterdays prices were TEN
porary sustained Later speculative offerings
| were considerably enlarged and a weaker feel
ing was developed, accompanied with decline
in prices, especially for deferred deliveries The
prospects of larger receipts OF hogs next week
| with weaker corn market and free selling by
packers. were the leading causes contributing
to the weakness. The demand only mode
rate and chiefly from Shorts" Receipts were
light and shipments quite liberal. January
mess pork opened at S12 G21s, sold at $12 65190
| II 40 closing at the latter figure. January larC
opened at So 40, sold at Sc 32]5 closing at the
latter figure. January short ribs opened al
So 3713, sold at s. 421906 30, closing 81 321g;
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. Wheat No spring 711a0714c; No.
spring 6415c; No. red 7214c. Corn, No. 2, 414c
Oats, No. :. 2519c Mess pork, $13 Lard, per loo
lbs, SIS 20. Short rib sides, loose IS so. Dry
sated shoulders, boxed, So 00@5 20. Short cleal
sides, boxed So S0G6 80. Whisky 81 10.
Leading future, rA1g3l follows: